Garment shirts, blouses, and like articles for personal wear



G. F. PARFECT Dec. 8,- 1959 GARMENT SHIRTS, BLOUSES, AND LIKE ARTICLES FOR PERSONAL WEAR 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 11, 1957 FIG. 1.

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Inventor GEORGE FREDER/(KMKIH'I Attorneys UnitedSitates Patent g 2,915,759 GARMENT SHIRTS, BL'oUsizs, AND LIKE ARTICLES FOR PERSONAL WEAR George Frederick Parfect, Liverpool, England Application February 11, 1957, Serial No. 639,314

2 Claims. (Cl. 2-116) This invention relates to garment shirts, blouses, and like articles for personal wear (all, hereinafter, for convenience of description only, usually referred to as shirt) of the kind or type whereto a collar is permanently attached, i.e. sewn or otherwise secured.

It frequently occurs that, by efilux of time, the collar of such a shirt shrinks or becomes frayed, or/ and becomes in effect, too large or (as, for instance, in the case of growing boys and girls) too tight for comfortable wear.

The object of the present invention is to provide a shirt, of the kind referred to, from which an out-worn collar, or a collar which has become, through physical or material change, too small or too large for comfort, may be readily removed and a new collar comfortable to wear fitted to the shirt, provision having been made in the latter for simple adjustment of its neck or yoke portion to suit the new size of collar to be attached.

According to my invention, the upper back portion or yoke (to the upper edge of which and the material of the adjacent sides of the shirt the collar stand is sewn) of a shirt is made in two parts preferably of material of double thickness, the medial ends of the yokes components being overlapped but preferably not stitched together. This overlap may be, for example, one inch in the first instance, i.e. when the shirt is new.

In fitting a new collar, the old collar is removed from the shirt, the size of the shirts neck or yoke portion adjusted to suit the size of the new collar by increasing or reducing the extent to which the yoke components overlap, and then the new collar is sewn on.

I will further describe my invention with the aid of the accompanying drawings which illustrate, by way of example only and not of limitation, one mode of embodiment.

In said drawings:

Fig. 1 represents in front view the upper portion of a shirt with collar permanently attached, and

Fig. 2 is a rear view.

Fig. 3 shows a collar in process of removal from the shirt to permit fitment of a larger or smaller collar, as may be desired,-and

Fig. 4 is a view of the shirt with the collar completely removed.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective fragmentary view of the overlapping yoke portions of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a front view of a shirt showing the yokes reduced overlap after adjustment for reception of a larger collar; and

Fig. 7 shows the new collar in position for attachment to the shirt after adjustment of the yoke.

Fig. 8 is a front view showing a new collar partly attached to a shirt, and

Fig. 9 is a rear view of the ,shirt with the collar completely attached.

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Referring now to the drawings, a represents generally the upper portion of a shirt to which thestand b of collar b, b is sewn. 0 denotes the shirts conventional box pleat.

As shown clearly in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the yoke is composed of two parts and the material thereof is of double thickness, so that at the overlap it comprises four plies or layers. The exterior and interior layers of end portions d d respectively, of one of the yokes components overlap or inter-engage with the exterior and interior layers of end portions e e It is preferred that the visible ends d e of the overlapping portions of the yoke be inwardly turned as shown.

The ends d e (see Fig. 4) of the inner cloth layers d e of the yoke may beas showncut or formed at an angle or inclination so as to enhance their capacity for adjustment to suit a larger or smaller collar Without rucking the material in the vicinity of the overlap. f (Figs. 6, 7, and 8) denotes the extent to which the yokes overlapping ends have been adjusted to receive a larger collar.

It will thus be seen that if it is desired to change a collar and fit another to the shirt, the first collar is removed and the yoke lengthened or contracted as desired the extent of permissable adjustment of the yoke being, of course, governed by the extent of the overlap provided in the yokes components-and the stand b of the new collar is sewn onto the shirt.

To facilitate the destruction of the stitching which connect a collar stand b With the yoke, when it is desired to fit a new collar, one or two interruptions g are left in the stitching of the collar stand to the yoke on both sides of the material, to permit of insertion into the so-formed gap or spaced interruptions of a knife or scissors blade, whereby the old collar may be readily cut oif but without damaging the yoke. I

In cases where an exceptionally large adjustment of a yoke is required, the lower edge h of the latter will be unpicked from the shirt sufiiciently to permit separation of its overlapping ends to the extent desired, the box pleat c of the shirts back portion accommodating such enlargement.

It is, of course, to be understood that my invention is equally applicable to shirts in which the yoke components are composed of a single thickness of cloth, the length of the yoke being such as to permit the initial overlapping of the meeting ends of same.

Shirts and like garments constructed according to my invention have an extended life whilst remaining a comfortable fit, and the replacement of a collar and adjustment of the shirts yoke to suit a new collar may readily be carried out by an unskilled person.

It is preferred that new collars for fitment to shirts as before described be provided with stand portions inturned ready for hemming, in order to facilitate the sewing of same on a shirt.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a garment shirt, blouse, or like article for personal wear of the kind Whereto a collar is permanently attached, including. a shirt back portion, a yoke composed of two parts each of double thickness of material and having opposing end portions overlapping, a line of stitching connecting one edge of said yoke with said shirt back portion, said overlapping end portions of said yoke being unconnected and cut at an angle such that the portions thereof opposite said shirt back portion overlap to,

a greater extent than the portions adjacent said stitching,

a line of stitching connecting the collar with the edge of said yoke opposite said shirt back portion, interruptions in said second mentioned line of stitching to facilitate removal of said collar as and when required, with the arrangement being such that, when the collar stitching is unpicked, the collar attached edge of said yoke may be lengthened or contracted, in accordance with the size of a new collar to be fitted, by decreasing or increasing the extent of the unstitched overlap.

2. A garment shirt, blouse, or like article for personal wear as claimed in claim 1, wherein the visible overlapping ends of the yoke are inturned.

UNITED STATES PATENTS Hutchinson Aug. 17, 1875 Lehman Oct. 15, 1889 Rich Dec. 15, 1908 Becker Aug. 5, 1913 Konski Feb. 27, 1934 Lesser Feb. 15, 1944 FOREIGN PATENTS Australia June 13, 1932 

